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dokushokyou@bookwyrm.social

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a bibliomaniac

currently on a quest to read all 40+ discworld novels. started Feb 2024, still going...

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reviewed Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Martha Wells: Exit Strategy (2018)

"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling …

Murderbot, what can i say.

ah, Murderbot, what can i say. what an absolutely amazing series of books. i'm so happy it found some friends who can meet it on its own terms and help it figure out what it wants. just warms the heart. also, no spoilers, but that part where Murderbot says please to the station security? twice? breaks me, every time. thank god there are more of these, i can't wait to get to them.

reviewed Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #23)

Terry Pratchett, Terry Pratchett: Carpe Jugulum (Paperback, 1999, Corgi Books)

Carpe Jugulum (; Latatian for "seize the throat", cf. Carpe diem) is a comic fantasy …

mm, witch books just don't do it for me, i think

once again i find that the witch books don't pull me in the same way others in the Discworld series do, but i love the message in this one, and i do like vampires, so i ended up liking this one more than any of the previous witch books. Magrat was actually kind of a badass for a few minutes too, which i appreciated.

reviewed Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)

Martha Wells: Rogue Protocol (2018)

SciFi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is again on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris …

i think _i_ need to go have an emotion in private now.

i think i need to go have an emotion in private now. #Justice4Miki

Murderbot continues to be the most relatable, charming, action-packed and yet still somehow emotionally poignant series of books about an exhausted ex-slave semi-cyborg who just wants to be left alone with its TV shows but keeps getting dragged into situations where the only good choice is to set aside its own comfort and put itself at risk to protect others... And if that doesn't have you interested in this series, man, i don't know what to say. (^_^)

reviewed The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #22)

Terry Pratchett: The Last Continent (Paperback, 1999, CORGI ADULT)

didn't quite do it for me

mm, i love rincewind, so i did enjoy this book, but i'm sure it's not one of Pratchett's best. i don't know if it's my lack of feelings about Australia, or maybe the real life events that took place smack in the middle of my reading this, but it was a solid MEH from me. i felt like it wasn't as funny as other Discworld novels, but it also didn't seem to have anything serious to say, so i'm kind of left wondering what the point of it was.

reviewed Jingo: A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #21)

Terry Pratchett: Jingo (Paperback, 1998, Corgi)

It isn't much of an island that rises up one moonless night from the depths …

what a weird time

Content warning discussion of Vetinari and Vimes' efforts as relates to the book's conclusion

reviewed All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)

Martha Wells: All Systems Red (EBook, 2017, Tordotcom)

"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."

In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …

a classic

i haven't read this in 4 or 5 years, and i forgot how much fun this book is. the semi-bittersweet ending is moderated by the fact that i know there's like 7 more volumes, and i am sorely tempted to speed through them ahead of book club schedule. (^_^)

reviewed Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #14)

Terry Pratchett: Lords and Ladies (Paperback, 2002, HarperTorch)

It's a dreamy, midsummer's night in the Kingdom of Lancre. But music and romance aren't …

took me a while to get through

Content warning mild spoilers about the Final Battle